Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria
Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria was a member of the Bulgarian royal family.
Life
She was born in Sofia as the younger daughter of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and his first wife Princess Marie Louise of Parma who died giving birth to her. Along with her sister Princess Eudoxia she was educated under the direction of their step mother, Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz.Her name Nadezhda means "Hope".
Princess Nadezhda was married on 24 January 1924 at Bad Mergentheim, Germany, to Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg, the second son of Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. They had five children.
- Duke Ferdinand Eugen. No Issue.
- Duchess Margareta Luise married François Luce-Bailly, Viscount of Chevigny on August 8, 1970. She had one son before marriage.
- Duke Eugen Eberhard married in 1962 Archduchess Alexandra of Austria, daughter of Princess Ileana of Romania and had no issue.
- Duke Alexander Eugen
- Duchess Sophie married in 1969 Antonio Manuel Rôxo de Ramos-Bandeira
Literature
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher: Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1861–1948: Ein Kosmopolit auf dem bulgarischen Thron. Osteuropazentrum-Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2019,, pp. 392–393 a.o.